Print shop in AZ exploded
(www.qnotables.com)
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There are no routers or print servers connected in any way to voting! For heaven's sake, find out what routers and servers are and do. I have a router and a workstation capable of being a server on my desk and so does every computer wonk I know. Does it mean we are all connected to Maricopa County Elections office? It was an accident that almost killed 4 people and emptied out the rest of the mall where the print company was located. Who is supposed to be distracted? It's a blip on the news this morning. Eventually there will be a followup report which will be even less of a blip. Accidents happen in a city of 4 million all the time.
Where I work (in print and mail), none of the processing servers are held in house. I do have one on my desk, but that's a backup. ALL of our images are archived in some form on a couple of the servers we use. We also do bulk document hosting, so that stuff is all searchable on the servers that have an internet facing setup. I'm more of a programmer than network guy, so I know all the programs and content.
We used to have other companies hold the servers behind a vpn firewall in some server closet (small room with AC). That's what I am referring to.
That in mind, is it possible there was something there of note? Yes. Is it likely? Absolutely not. I am quite sure they didn't print ballots there. They don't have the resources on the floor for that kind of thing.
If the story is a distraction, it is because it literally is a nothing burger.
It was a small family shop. You can look at their site and see what they have and do. https://platinumprintingaz.com/about/ Don't see where they would need lots of outsourced servers. I feel very sad for them, now that work is all for nothing. 4 young men are in bad shape with burns.
I am not in disagreement here. I don't think the place had anything to do with the elections/ballots at all. There's absolutely no reason to house servers there to begin with. I was giving the only possible reason I could think of where it might have been related, but it's blatantly OBVIOUS that it's not.
So, I agree, it was just an accident. The newsworthiness of it is more due to location than anything. Nothing to see here related to Q.